About Us

Hickory Builders was founded in 1989 and has built its outstanding reputation by providing top quality remodeling and custom home building services to its customers. Since joining the company in 2004, Brian W. Winne has overseen its operations. Under Brian’s direction, Hickory Builders has built a solid, growth-oriented company proudly serving southwest Michigan.

Brian W. Winne - Owner/President

Brian has more than 30 years of experience as a business management consultant and is a retired partner at Accenture. During his career at Accenture, Brian worked in more than 100 companies around the world helping them to design and implement complex business systems and to improve their competitive performance. As the Owner and President of Hickory Builders, and a licensed builder, Brian brings his experience and business expertise into all aspects of the company. Brian spends much of his time developing design specifications, monitoring work performance, and managing back-office operations. Brian’s specialty is developing unique designs for built-in furniture, fireplaces, kitchens, bathrooms, and even entire homes. Brian's passion, is working directly with customers and helping them to realize their home remodeling or new home vision. Brian has a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management and computer science from Purdue University.

Teri Winne - Office Manager

Teri is the office manager for Hickory Builders and the one you’ll probably “meet” if you call Hickory Builders. She administers and maintains our back office systems and helps to make sure everything is running smoothly. Teri has an Associates Degree in Business Administration from College of DuPage.

Lead Carpenters

Hickory Builders hires and retains only well qualified, experienced trades people for all our projects. Our lead carpenters include: Jeff Conklin, Tim Cox, Mike Diljak, and Greg Keagle. Each one of these individuals has had several years of experience performing carpentry work and leading remodeling and construction projects.

Hickory Builders is fully licensed and insured with over 150 years of combined building industry experience. We are proud to have given this area’s homeowners the worry-free, quality workmanship that they deserve.